1. Digital Humanities- The Giza Project
Khushbu Lakhupota
MA Semester 3
Batch 2020-2022
18 October, 2021 Monday
Department of English, MKBU.
khushbu22jan93@gmail.com
2. What is Digital Humanities?
Matthew G. Kirschenbaum states in his article: “What Is Digital Humanities
and What's It Doing in English Departments?”
"The digital humanities, also known as humanities computing, is a field of
study, research, teaching, and invention concerned with the intersection of
computing and the disciplines of the humanities. It is methodological by
nature and interdisciplinary in scope. It involves investigation, analysis,
synthesis and presentation of information in electronic form. It studies how
these media affect the disciplines in which they are used, and what these
disciplines have to contribute to our knowledge of computing"
3. What is Digital Humanities?
Digital Humanities is the study of us--humans--as individuals and
as a species. Digital Humanities attempts to define what it is to be
human, whether it be through art or government, technology and
everything in between; digital humanists and humanists alike are
interested in humans and their interactions with others and their
environment.(James Beecher)
4. My Opinions on What is Digital Humanities?
“Digital Humanities is a study of humans, their
past, present and future, through different ways
and vehicles, to get microscopic and telescopic
details, to do analysis, to see what is invisible to a
normal vision using various different tools like
technology, computer, digital ways, it's about
exploring and innovating the human world and
universe.”(Khushbu Lakhupota)
5. ABOUT THE GIZA PROJECT
The Giza Project is a non-profit international initiative based at
Harvard University. Through digital archaeology, we assemble,
curate, and present archaeological records about one of the most
famous archaeological sites in the world, the Giza Pyramids and
surrounding cemeteries and settlements. The Project manages
arguably the world’s largest digital archive of Giza material. They
use this data to build immersive 3D model reconstructions and
other media as we develop powerful new teaching technologies
and research tools.(Harvard, Giza Project)
6. Digital Giza, is the Project's online
digital repository of all archaeological
documentation from multiple
institutions, presented free to all,
alongside Giza 3D, a virtual
environment based on some of that
documentation. Anyone can easily
access real, detailed information
about Giza and its archaeological
history while also “experiencing”
some of it as well!
7. The Giza Project opened at Harvard in 2011. The small original
staff already had a long, proven track record of mastering
methods of archaeological information management with the Giza
Archives Project of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. From 2000–
2011, major support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
helped this visionary project to realize the goal of digitizing and
posting for free online all of the archaeological documentation
from the Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Expedition to Giza, Egypt (about 1904–1947).
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9. In addition, the Project is developing how this vast quantity of
information can contribute to 3D virtual reconstructions of Giza
monuments as they may have looked in ancient times. These models
provide new ways to engage with Giza, allowing visitors to sightsee,
explore, and interact with the Pyramids and their surrounding
cemeteries and settlements, all from a computer or other digital
device.
To date, the Giza Project has released approximately 20 tombs and
monuments in detail, with many hundreds more still to be done.
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11. Through generous support from the
National Endowment for the
Humanities in several important
aspects of our work, they continue to
integrate this virtual environment
with more than a hundred years of
scholarly research about Giza, using
cutting-edge technology to study the
distant past and preserve knowledge
about this important cultural heritage
site for the future.
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13. THE DIGITAL BRAIN BEHIND DIGITAL GIZA
Digital Giza is more than a simple website. It’s run by a vast database
called the Giza Consolidated Archaeological Reference Database
(GizaCARD). The GizaCARD organizes over 150,000 files and records
from the collections and archives of museums, universities, and Egyptian
excavation projects from around the world, from the 1800s to current
ongoing work.
But the GizaCARD doesn't just store all of this data and information. It
also builds connections: individual Giza monuments, artifacts, documents,
and many kinds of media are connected via database records whenever
they relate to each other.(Harvard, Giza Project)
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15. The wide range of records that the GizaCARD links together for
access through the Digital Giza website includes:
● Pyramids, tombs, and monuments
● Artifacts
● Giza maps, plans, and architectural drawings
● Excavation photographs
● Archaeologists’ field diary pages from past excavations
● Archaeologists’ notes
● Artifact photographs and illustrations
● Site and monument photographs
● 3D graphic models of Giza monuments and artifacts
● Reference documentation for 3D media
16. ● Videos
● Interactive Media
● Published books and articles
● Unpublished manuscripts
● Object register books
● Letters
● Packing lists for artifact
transport
● 360-degree panoramas
● Audio recordings
(Harvard, Giza Project)
17. Peter Drucker once said, “The greatest management job of all
time was building the pyramids, and we’re just trying to live
up to that standard ever since.”
(Wayne Turmel)
18. According to statement by Ismail, cars and buses will not be allowed inside
the Giza complex. Instead the project will secure 35 electric cars to
transport all visitors from the gates to the pyramids.(Egyptian Streets)
19. Five Interesting Facts People Like About the Pyramids of Giza
About the Pyramids of Giza
● One of the Seven Wonders
● Largest
● Mystery Chambers
● Builders
● Khafre's Pyramid
(Cynthia Myers)
20. PYRAMIDS OF GIZA FROM HOME
● From the comfort of our living rooms, we can read about the Great
Pyramids of Giza—and even go on 3D tours.
● The most exciting part is Giza 3D, digital recreations of several
sites in the Giza Plateau, includes
● Khufu Pyramid
● The Great Sphinx
● The Sphinx Temple
● Tomb of Queen
Meresankh III
● (Meaghan Kirby)
